Company News

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Stainless Steel Direct adds IT Position

Stainless Steel Direct, located in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, has recently hired a new IT Manager.

Vale constructs processing plant in Newfoundland

Mining giant Vale is preparing to hire hundreds of more workers to finish a gigantic nickel processing plant in southern Newfoundland.

Tri Star Metals merges with Pinnacle Metals

On 14 June 2010, Tri Star Metals Inc., along with its parent company, Hagener Feinstahl announced that it completed its merger with Pinnacle Metals Inc. - a privately held and profitable wire and bar, stainless steel, and nickel alloys production company.

Olympic Steel employee wins humanitarian award

Olympic Steel Inc. has announced that Ms Eva Miranda was the 2010 recipient of the Chairman's Humanitarian Award.

Turck Q-pak sensors with WeldGuard

Turck has announced that the company's BIM-UNR, BIM-UNT and Q-pak sensors are now equipped with WeldGuard protection, making them resistant to weld slag and spatter often present in MIG and TIG welding environments.

Rio Tinto to develop US nickel mine

Rio Tinto will spend USD 469 million developing the Kennecott Eagle nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with construction starting this summer. The mine should begin producing minerals by late 2013.

ThyssenKrupp begins steel production at Alabama co

July will mark the start-up of steel production at ThyssenKrupp's 3500-acre site near Mobile, Alabama.

AK Steel wins award

AK Steel has received two “Awards for Steel Excellence” from American Metal Market (AMM), a metal industry publication.

New Chairman of the Board of Directors

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Mr Dennis M Oates, the company's president & CEO since 2008, has assumed the additional post of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Penn Stainless now offers duplex items

Penn Stainless Products, through its new Specialty Pipe and Tube Division, now offers nonstandard welded tubular items in Stainless, Duplex, Nickel, 6-Moly and Chrome Moly materials, in both light gauge and heavy wall thicknesses.